Podcast appearances and mentions of hal howard

#DnDE #Dragon+ Review = I look at the latest issue of Dragon+ that features Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.  Also there is a guest editor Hal Howard who writes many sidebars with his opinion on most articles. The podcast lasts 31 minutes. Links Cut-Out-And-Keep Snowy Owlbear Free High Resolution Ravenloft comic.   Free Downloads from D&D Classics Mythic Odysseys of Theros details for arenas and competitions Dragon+ issue #10  hill giant game called “stuff-stuff” (goatball) Tomb of Annihilation dinosaur racing rules for racing, betting, and attacking with dinosaurs  Dungeon magazine March/April 2002 issue Challenge of Champions adventure Dungeon #176: Cross City Race Dungeon #213 Owlbear Run adventure From White Plume Mountain Geysers & Chains Game Links from Best of the DungeonMasters Guild Blade of Ulvinter Tomb of the Mountain Splitter Sleeping Giant Mountain, by Ashley Warren Adventure: Reign of the Ice King The Frost Lords Keep FREE download of Happy Jacks Funhouse adventure Aurora's Whole Realms Winter Catalogue Amarune's Almanac: Arctics of the Realms Faerun Map 1: Icewind Dale Fireshear City Maps   Links from Maps of the Month FREE downloads Tagged stadium from Mythic Odysseys of Theros Untagged stadium from Mythic Odysseys of Theros Cross City Race: Thief Encounter Cross City Race: Dog Encounter Cross City Race: Thugs Encounter From Owlbear Run: Trail Map Tagged From Owlbear Run: Trail Map Unmarked From Owlbear Run:  ADVENTURE MAPS A-D Zip File White Plume Mountain geysers and swinging chains tagged White Plume Mountain geysers and swinging chains untagged map from the adventure  Hall of the Fire Giant King

Today I get to talk with Hal Howard of Shard Tabletop, a new online virtual tabletop service that is rising to be a challenger with roll20, Astral VTT, and others. This is only the audio of the interview, so stay tuned to our Facebook page for the video of Hal walking me through how the site works. It offers a whole slew of features like character creation, campaign building, and even maps and tokens! It's super cool to see and listen as to how Hal approached creating Shard Tabletop, both as a fan and lover of roleplaying games and as a professional web developer! Listen in and learn more! 

This week we cover Jarlaxle's Guide to Traps a DMsguild.com best seller. Fresh from the archives of Bregan d'Aerthe, Jarlaxle's Guide to Traps is a collection of vicious traps, maddening hazards, terrifying hauntings, and general lethal nastiness intended to turn greedy dungeon delvers into puree. Created by R P Davis, Jeromy Schulz-Arnold, Ken Carcas, D W Dagon, Justin Handlin, Bryan Holmes, Hal Howard, Noel Proulx, you're sure to find something devious and deadly in this book that will make your players despair. You can pick up your copy here! https://bit.ly/33oFE9d Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/y3r4cup4 Support Us: Check out our DnD supplements on DMsguild.com https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Crit%20Academy Become a patreon donor at https://www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to our discord, join a dnd game ran by the shows hosts, get complimentary copies of our Dmsguild products and much more. Follow us on social media: Facebook and Twitter: @critacademy -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/critacademy

IN THIS EPISODE: Rested from their battle with the Spider Goblin Matriarch, the group begins to make their way out of the Gauntlet of Spiragos. OFFICIAL SCARRED LANDS MATERIAL! Scarred Lands 5e DM Screen: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/252329/Scarred-Lands-DM-Screen-5e?affiliate_rem=387228 AT SLARECIAN VAULT: Game Master Companion and Adventures https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/258867/Game-Master-Companion-and-Adventures?affiliate_rem=387228 Slarecian Vault Character Sheet: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/258844/Slarecian-Vault-Character-Sheet?affiliate_rem=387228 NEW from Beatriz T. Dias & Travis Legge The Felicity Triskelion https://www.dmsguild.com/product/263777/The-Felicity-Triskelion New from Oliver Clegg (@deathbybadger) https://www.dmsguild.com/product/266930/Ravenloft-Gazetteer-Odiare Pick up the work of Jeremy Hochhalter at https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php/?author=Jeremy%20Hochhalter Check out 5e Adventure Academy at https://www.facebook.com/groups/263954504157383/ TWITCH CHANNEL NOTES: Mon Feb 18th at 10:30 PM CST we return to the DMs Guildhall with Donna and Hal Howard! https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Hal%20Howard EXTREME DROWESS returns Wednesday, Feb. 20th at 8 PM CST! Like the Official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ExtremeDrowess Friday, Feb 15th at 10AM CST we return for MORE GURPS! Mon Feb 25th at 2:30PM CST we return to Scarn for Scarred Lands: Myths and Matchmakers! Follow the show on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MythsandMatchmakers FROM TRAVIS: Pick up Dungeon Tales #2 at www.dmsguild.com/product/249537/Dungeon-Tales-2?affiliate_id=387228 Pick up my products at DMsGuild: www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?x=0&y=0&author=Travis%Legge and at DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/338/Aegis-Studios?affiliate_id=387228 -- -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/plasticageplays --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mythsandmatchmakers/support

IN THIS EPISODE: Returned from their voyage to the Black Lands with a new, mysterious ally. They rejoin Baruul to clear out the Gauntlet of Spiragos. OFFICIAL SCARRED LANDS MATERIAL! Scarred Lands 5e DM Screen: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/252329/Scarred-Lands-DM-Screen-5e?affiliate_rem=387228 AT SLARECIAN VAULT: Game Master Companion and Adventures https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/258867/Game-Master-Companion-and-Adventures?affiliate_rem=387228 Slarecian Vault Character Sheet: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/258844/Slarecian-Vault-Character-Sheet?affiliate_rem=387228 NEW from Beatriz T. Dias & Travis Legge The Felicity Triskelion https://www.dmsguild.com/product/263777/The-Felicity-Triskelion New from Oliver Clegg (@deathbybadger) https://www.dmsguild.com/product/266368/Ravenloft-Gazetteer-Barovia-Volume-1 and https://www.dmsguild.com/product/265236/Ravenloft-Gazetteer-Lamordia-Volume-One Pick up the work of Jeremy Hochhalter at https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php/?author=Jeremy%20Hochhalter Check out 5e Adventure Academy at https://www.facebook.com/groups/263954504157383/ TWITCH CHANNEL NOTES: Friday, Feb 15th at 10AM CST we return for MORE GURPS! Mon Feb 15th at 2:30PM CST we return to Scarn for Scarred Lands: Myths and Matchmakers! Follow the show on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MythsandMatchmakers Mon Feb 18th at 10:30 PM CST we return to the DMs Guildhall with Donna and Hal Howard! https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Hal%20Howard EXTREME DROWESS returns Wedneday, Feb. 20th at 8 PM CST! Like the Official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ExtremeDrowess FROM TRAVIS: Pick up Dungeon Tales #2 at www.dmsguild.com/product/249537/Dungeon-Tales-2?affiliate_id=387228 Pick up my products at DMsGuild: www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?x=0&y=0&author=Travis%Legge and at DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/338/Aegis-Studios?affiliate_id=387228 -- --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mythsandmatchmakers/support

Hal Howard, 20-year Microsoft veteran who gave up a stable, secure position leading the Dynamics ERP development team to satiate a spark of creativity. Today, he’s the founder of Komiko, a sales intelligence tool that helps their businesses understand what engagement with customers is working. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Execution What CEO do you follow? – Satya Nadella Favorite online tool? — Vinfolio How many hours of sleep do you get?— 6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Don’t worry man. Everything’s going to work out just fine”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:45 – Komiko is a sales intelligence tool that helps their businesses understand what engagement with customers is working 02:12 – Komiko is integrated with different sources 02:20 – A cloud-based subscription-based model 02:37 – Hal was at Microsoft for 20 years 02:59 – left Microsoft because he wanted to build something new 03:16 – “There are still unexplored technologies around business applications” 03:54 – Customer pays an average of $30-35 a month per user 04:00 – Team size ranges from 3 to 500 04:11 – There are currently 2000 paying seats across 50 businesses in total 04:33 – Average MRR is $60K 05:19 – Team size is 10 05:37 – 8 are engineers 05:48 – Hal and his co-founder are doing both sales and product engineering 06:00 – Hal is more on the design 06:30 – Komiko is now a complimentary CRM 06:38 – Partnered with Salesforce and most of their customers are using Salesforce 07:19 – CRM is in a different decision set compared to Komiko 07:40 – Komiko works with corporate clients to help them understand what engagement works and what doesn’t 07:59 – “We don’t lose customers” 08:05 – In Komiko’s lifetime, they’ve only lost 4 customers so far, 1 was acquired 08:28 – CAC is mostly inbound and Komiko was listed in AppExchange 08:44 – Hal and his co-founder alone were able to drive a lot of customers, mostly from referrals and the businesses they’ve worked with before 08:51 – Just started an outbound campaign in early 2017 08:59 – Has a partnership with GameSite 09:20 – GameSite’s focus is how customers engage with the product 09:35 – GameSite is building a platform for customer success and Komiko’s metric will help the overall customer solution 09:48 – Komiko raised some capital 10:03 – Total fund raised is around $2M 10:23 – Initial round was convertible note and then the seed round is priced round 10:37 – 2017 revenue target is at least a million dollars 11:04 – 2016 revenue is $15K 11:23 – Gross margin is around 75% 12:09 – Hal won’t easily sell Komiko, but he might consider for at least $25M 14:43 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Nurture the network that you have, it will always help you in some way down the road. You have the option leave your comfort zone, you can explore and create something new. It’s possible to not lose customer IF you consistently help the customers see value in your product.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences GetLatka - Database of all B2B SaaS companies who have been on my show including their revenue, CAC, churn, ARPU and more Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives